by real_phil | May 2, 2017 | Points Of Focus
Many people tell me when we first meet that you sometimes feel you take on too much, and that the week ends up fragmented into urgency, with no sense of controlled progress. It always fascinates me that one of the first lessons we learn at school is how important a...
by real_phil | Apr 25, 2017 | Points Of Focus
At this time of year, into a new tax year, many people make financial resolutions. There are many factors which will allow you to be financially well-organised. Things such as mortgages, pensions, investments, insurance, and so on, need to be well arranged. I’m not...
by real_phil | Jan 16, 2017 | Points Of Focus
24 September 2002. My beloved Aston Villa have just been beaten (on 16 September 2002) by bitter rivals Birmingham City in a most humiliating 3-0 defeat. I had watched the dire performance on the TV at my home, 350 miles away in Fife, Scotland, and the jaw-droppingly...
by real_phil | Jan 13, 2017 | Points Of Focus
This year, the first Friday 13th of the year falls in January. Not only is it a date filled with superstition that things go wrong, a day filled with bad luck, but also, in some quarters it has become known as ‘BSE Day’ – when we ‘Blame Someone Else’ for everything...
by real_phil | Dec 27, 2016 | Points Of Focus
Life is one big lesson… 1. Trust yourself. 2. Never put off a phone call. 3. There are still only 24 hours in a day… and it’s plenty; there are still only 7 days in a week … and it’s plenty; and there are still only 52 weeks in a year… and it’s...
